Space Mining Technologies

- Founded: 2017
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- Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Description: Space Mining Technologies is dedicated to developing critical technologies that enable sustainable space exploration and future settlements on the Moon and beyond. The company focuses on in-situ resource utilization, space system engineering, and autonomous rover navigation to support humanity's expansion into the solar system.
Vision:
To envision a future where life expands into the solar system, leading to limitless opportunities for sustainable living on new worlds.
Mission:
To work towards a world where tools and space resources are affordable and accessible, enabling humanity to reach, explore, settle, and live sustainably on new worlds.
Contact:
- Website: https://space-mining.tech/
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Key Milestones:
- 2017 : Founders met at the InnoSpace Startup Weekend, initiating the development of lunar in-situ resource utilization technologies, achieving Technology Readiness Levels 1 and 2, and showcasing a proof-of-concept demonstrator at the Moon Village Workshop at the International Space University.
- 2018 : Published and presented a paper on Lunar Propellant Depot study at the International Astronautical Congress in Bremen, Germany.
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Products & Services:
- In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU): Developing technologies to extract and utilize local resources, such as water and minerals, from celestial bodies to support life support systems, energy storage, and propellant production.
- Space System Engineering: Designing and developing space systems that are efficient, reliable, and capable of supporting long-term space missions and settlements.
- Autonomous Rover Navigation: Creating advanced navigation systems for rovers to operate autonomously on the lunar and planetary surfaces, facilitating exploration and resource extraction.
- Consulting Services: Offering expertise in system engineering, modeling and simulation of physical systems, machine learning, deep learning prototypes, software engineering, and mission analysis.